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“Under His Eye”

by New Worker correspondent

Donald Trump has won the American presidential race, defeating Kamala Harris in a stunning political comeback with unpredictable consequences for the world. It came on the back of one of the most vicious campaigns in US history and an unprecedented criminal conviction. Trump is the only person to be elected as a convicted felon. He will face sentencing in a New York court for fraud on 26th November. Trump is also on course to break another record as the oldest-ever sitting president during his four-year term. Now 78, he will surpass Joe Biden who is set to step down in January at the age of 82.

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No nukes at Lakenheath

by New Worker correspondent

Campaigners, led by CND, gathered outside the RAF camp at Lakenheath last Saturday to protest at US plans to store nuclear missiles at the base.

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Editorial

Trump redux

The Second Coming of Donald Trump has come as no surprise to many on the American left who warned that the Harris camp ignored their traditional core voters at their peril. Workers and the ethnic minority communities that had long supported the Democrats in the past wanted to see plans to curb unemployment, halt the slump in living standards and an end to the slaughter in Gaza. All they got were the usual platitudes – the dismal tune of the dying Biden administration that had nothing to offer apart from more misery and more war. Some just sat on their hands or voted for protest candidates on Tuesday. Some even voted for Trump.

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